[Freeipa-users] mail entries not populated for users

[Rob Crittenden]

Dale Macartney wrote:
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> Hi all
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> I may be overlooking something here, but from what I can gather, the
> value in the ipa config of "Default e-mail domain for new users" should
> automatically create the mail attribute for said user upon creation?
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> Do I need to do an additional step or something to activate the mail
> attribute or is it missing?
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> Any pointers on what I'm missing to mail-enable a user in ldap?
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> Running RHEL 6.2 x86_64 with ipa-server 2.1.3-9.el6
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> Output from ipa server as follows
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> [root at ds01 ~]# ipa config-show
>    Max. username length: 32
>    Home directory base: /home
>    Default shell: /bin/bash
>    Default users group: ipausers
>    Default e-mail domain for new users: example.com
>    Search time limit: 2
>    Search size limit: 100
>    User search fields: uid,givenname,sn,telephonenumber,ou,title
>    Group search fields: cn,description
>    Enable migration mode: FALSE
>    Certificate Subject base: O=EXAMPLE.COM
>    Password Expiration Notification (days): 4
> [root at ds01 ~]#
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> [root at ds01 ~]# ldapsearch -x -b dc=example,dc=com -P 3 -b
> "uid=testuser,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com"
> # extended LDIF
> #
> # LDAPv3
> # base<uid=testuser,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com>  with scope
> subtree
> # filter: (objectclass=*)
> # requesting: ALL
> #
>
> # testuser, users, accounts, example.com
> dn: uid=testuser,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
> displayName: testuser 1
> cn: testuser 1
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: person
> objectClass: organizationalperson
> objectClass: inetorgperson
> objectClass: inetuser
> objectClass: posixaccount
> objectClass: krbprincipalaux
> objectClass: krbticketpolicyaux
> objectClass: ipaobject
> objectClass: mepOriginEntry
> loginShell: /bin/bash
> sn: 1
> gecos: testuser 1
> homeDirectory: /home/testuser
> krbPwdPolicyReference:
> cn=global_policy,cn=EXAMPLE.COM,cn=kerberos,dc=example,
>   dc=com
> krbPrincipalName: testuser at EXAMPLE.COM
> givenName: testuser
> uid: testuser
> initials: t1
> uidNumber: 1668600004
> gidNumber: 1668600004
> ipaUniqueID: 0d620620-acfd-11e1-943c-52540025e829
> mepManagedEntry: cn=testuser,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
> krbPasswordExpiration: 20120831215158Z
> krbLastPwdChange: 20120602215158Z
> krbExtraData:: AAL+ispPdGVzdHVzZXJARVhBTVBMRS5DT00A
> krbExtraData:: AAgBAA==
> krbLastSuccessfulAuth: 20120602215703Z
> krbLoginFailedCount: 0
>
> # search result
> search: 2
> result: 0 Success
>
> # numResponses: 2
> # numEntries: 1
> [root at ds01 ~]#

It looks like it isn't creating the mail attribute by default. I opened 
ticket https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2810

rob